what do you do during the winter months?
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From: Northshore, MN
my whole winter involves shoveling snow chopping wood, feeding the fire, shovel more snow, curse at the plow truck (78 bronco), throw more wood at the fire, and then go to bed. Weekdays are the same except I fit 8 or more hours of work in between. All the while I'm thinking of what I could be doing with my 48 F1 and wishing I got the chimney up in the garage before winter...again.
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From: Deridder, LA
Gents,
In hellpaso, tx it doesn't get that cold until mid Dec....todays weather was 71 degs....pretty nice and its cold by 9pm (40s).....so i have a couple of hours to tinker with things....just finished my custom kick panels....posting pics tonight and i am working on the wiring for the dome light....last but not least the headliner....after that...military duty calls so i am off to the field for about 7 days....then back to the truck for the final project - the bed....remove the rust....lay down some sheet metal..weld it in...prep it....prime it and herculiner the entire inside of the bed....project is ready for duty...no show winner here..just a nice clean daily driver...
James
In hellpaso, tx it doesn't get that cold until mid Dec....todays weather was 71 degs....pretty nice and its cold by 9pm (40s).....so i have a couple of hours to tinker with things....just finished my custom kick panels....posting pics tonight and i am working on the wiring for the dome light....last but not least the headliner....after that...military duty calls so i am off to the field for about 7 days....then back to the truck for the final project - the bed....remove the rust....lay down some sheet metal..weld it in...prep it....prime it and herculiner the entire inside of the bed....project is ready for duty...no show winner here..just a nice clean daily driver...
James
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From: SE Wisc. (the Rust Belt)
I have my my F-4 and panel truck in my shop. It's my business and it's heated so it's a business expense, after all, I am building the trucks to use as delivery trucks during the summer 
. I try to keep it down to 50 when I'm not there and around 60 when I'm working. I sold some parts and am waiting for payment, when I get it I'm buying a brake kit for the F-4 from JobLot and a family friend has offered to cut new glass for a good price. I live about 3 miles away so coming here on the weekend is not problem or staying late is even easier. I also get to look at the trucks during the day while I work. 
. I try to keep it down to 50 when I'm not there and around 60 when I'm working. I sold some parts and am waiting for payment, when I get it I'm buying a brake kit for the F-4 from JobLot and a family friend has offered to cut new glass for a good price. I live about 3 miles away so coming here on the weekend is not problem or staying late is even easier. I also get to look at the trucks during the day while I work.
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From: Near Fresno, California
I live in mild California, but it does get rainy. I get depressed with too much rain and head out to the desert. I plan on spending six to eight weeks in southern Arizona this winter. Can anyone suggest some car shows for that area?
My family wants me to stick around through Christmas, but after that I am gone.
My family wants me to stick around through Christmas, but after that I am gone.
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From: Michigan
Here in the frozen north of Michigan, about all I can do is put on the blizzard wear carharts and head out to the unheated garage. I do have a small kerosene heater I use as a means of thawing out every so often. I see it as a good time to do welding and grinding (hey they give off heat don't they?)
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From: Somewhere in da corn,Iowa
Work inside in my heated garage on my beautiful Effie and the 65 Mustang. I love it, stays nice and warm in there and I can continue the never-ending enjoyment of wrenching on my own truck.
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From: NM
It gets cold enough here that it is discouraging, but I find once I get off my a$$ and out there doing something, I don't notice the cold, and am not distracted by yard work like in the summer. It's a great time to do mechanical work (rebuilding), but anything requiring painting is tough to do. I have to force myself, but feel great when I get going. It's 90% psychological...
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From: ishpeming usa
When it gets below 20 I don't heat the garage, not with todays energy prices.
I've heated for a few days to use my tablesaw & mitersaw to fit the interior trim on the new windows in the house. Then I'll sweep up and do only welding projects till it warms up in mid May. I'm converting a pop-up camper frame into a dump bed for a 4-wheeler wood junk hauling trailer next.
Later...Randy
I've heated for a few days to use my tablesaw & mitersaw to fit the interior trim on the new windows in the house. Then I'll sweep up and do only welding projects till it warms up in mid May. I'm converting a pop-up camper frame into a dump bed for a 4-wheeler wood junk hauling trailer next.
Later...Randy
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From: Grain Valley Mo.
Get up and drink coffee for awhile, then head over to the gym for a couple of hours, come home and clean up, then off to the casino for lunch and a little poker, then either to a movie, or come home and work in my heated garage. Oh, two days a week I assemble motorcycles (fun) at a Jap bike store, just to help support my habits. Life is goooood.......
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From: Riverside, So Cal
I have a long list of body mods that I want to do on the truck this winter. It gets cold enough that a garage heater will be needed and the painting will probably have to wait for the spring, but that's my plan (and I'm sticking to it).
If everything goes as planned, I'll be fine. Of course NOTHING ever goes as planned....so we'll see how much gets done before I HAVE to drive it. I'm just not a big fan of "garage art".
If everything goes as planned, I'll be fine. Of course NOTHING ever goes as planned....so we'll see how much gets done before I HAVE to drive it. I'm just not a big fan of "garage art".
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From: Oakdale,Ca.
I the past years, I only did what needed/had to be done, all of my shop space was filled with stuff that needed to be kept out of the weather.
I just got another shop up last week, hopefully get the door hung and the wiring run over the next few weeks, and then have a place to hide on those wet/foggy/rainy days.
Heat comes courtesy of my torch, plasma cutter, welder and torpedo heater
I just got another shop up last week, hopefully get the door hung and the wiring run over the next few weeks, and then have a place to hide on those wet/foggy/rainy days.
Heat comes courtesy of my torch, plasma cutter, welder and torpedo heater
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Normally, in the winter, rather than spark up to old electric space heater, I try to move a project down to my basement shop, which is heated with the house. If I can’t do that then I spend my time on other hobbies – like genealogy.
This year, I hope to have all my parts and tool needs gathered together to allow a lot of sheet metal mods – cutting and welding. So I’ll likely spark up the heater in the garage a bit as I will not weld in the basement (it’s meant to be a woodworking shop and welding and sawdust don’t mix).
This year, I hope to have all my parts and tool needs gathered together to allow a lot of sheet metal mods – cutting and welding. So I’ll likely spark up the heater in the garage a bit as I will not weld in the basement (it’s meant to be a woodworking shop and welding and sawdust don’t mix).